CALCIUM

                                 

                    Enhance bone density.

Calcium is the most abundant minerals in the human body which contains approximately 1.2kg, almost 99% of which is stored calcium in the most abundant mineral in the body which contains approximately 1.2kg, 99% of which is stored in both teeth and bones with the remaining 1% present in the blood and other body tissues.

It strengthen the bones and teeth, prevent and relief leg pains, foot pains, leg spasm caused by acalcerosis and other cardiovascular diseases.

The skeleton acts as a reservoir for calcium. If the intake of calcium is insufficient, bones become depleted in calcium.

Dietary sources of calcium include fish, dairy product and oxalic acid which is found in some green vegetables like spinach is a potent inhibitor of calcium absorption. The body is best equipped to absorb calcium and build up bone tissues up to the age of 35 precisely after which the bone density is lost at the rate of approximately 0.3% per year (1% in post-menopausal women).

Many adult receive half the amount of calcium they required from the diet each day. Calcium supplements are available in a variety of chemical forms and it is advisable to use them. Most commonly calcium carbonate, calcium citrate, calcium phosphate and calcium gluconate, this element calcium provided varies with chemical forms.

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